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Cal State committee votes for tuition hike (AP)

Published on November 10, 2010 By

LONG BEACH, Calif. – California State University is expected to hike tuition 15.5 percent by next fall after finance committee trustees voted Tuesday for the increase to offset state funding cuts.

Foreign enrollment grows in US grad schools: survey (AFP)

Published on November 9, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK (AFP) – First-time enrollment by international students in US graduate schools has seen a slight gain this year, reversing flat performance in the previous year, a survey showed Tuesday. A three percent increase was recorded between 2009 and 2010 in the number of foreign students starting at US higher education institutions, long the most dominant in the world, the Council of Graduate Schools reported. The previous year, with the US economy in recession and universities hit by global financial upheaval, growth in foreign students evaporated to zero, the first time without growth since the annual survey was launched from 2004

Voters make tough decisions on education spending (The Upshot)

Published on November 3, 2010 By

In the shadow of the big-ticket battles over control of Congress, voters endorsed a bevy of initiatives that will dramatically affect K-12 education spending in several states. Washington and Oklahoma both rejected initiatives that would have increased spending for education, while Arizona and Florida voters rejected lawmakers’ pleas to grant legislatures the ability to poach education funds to help plug budget deficits. Colorado voters shot down three proposals that would have reduced the government’s abilities to collect tax revenues to fund education and other programs

Federal Grants, Tax Breaks Help Reduce Tuition Pain (U.S. News & World Report)

Published on October 28, 2010 By rohit

Recent–and possibly temporary–improvements to federal financial aid and tax benefits have cut the tuition price most full-time students are actually paying for college this year to levels lower than they’ve been over most of the last decade, the College Board reported today. Although the average published in-state tuition for full-time students at public universities rose by $470 to an average of $7,610 for the fall of 2010, the typical student ended up paying only $1,540 out of pocket. That’s a $400 increase over 2009, but lower than the $2,000-or-so average net price (after controlling for inflation) that students paid annually in the 10 years prior to that, the College Board found

College tuition costs climbing again this fall (AP)

Published on October 28, 2010 By

College tuition costs shot up again this fall, and students and their families are leaning more on the federal government to make higher education more affordable in tough economic times, according to two reports issued Thursday.

Citigroup shedding student loan business (AP)

Published on September 17, 2010 By rohit

BOSTON – Citigroup Inc. said Friday it is selling its student loan business and about $32 billion in related assets to Discover Financial Services and the student lender Sallie Mae, Citi’s latest move to focus on its core consumer banking business. The big banking company has been looking for a buyer for its 80 percent stake in the Student Loan Corp.

Obama to students: Work hard, focus on education (AP)

Published on September 14, 2010 By rohit

WASHINGTON – In a pep talk to the nation’s students as they settle back into school, President Barack Obama will tell them that nothing is beyond their reach as long as they’re willing to dream big, work hard and stay focused on learning. Obama will deliver that message Tuesday during his second back-to-school address, this time from a Philadelphia school. “Nobody gets to write your destiny but you,” Obama says in the speech, which the White House released a day early so people could read the president’s remarks beforehand and judge the contents for themselves.

Neb. university chancellor girds for budget cuts (AP)

Published on September 10, 2010 By rohit

LINCOLN, Neb. – University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman hinted Thursday that looming state budget woes could spell painful cuts for the school, a prospect he compared to “lingchi,” a form of Chinese torture known as “death from a thousand cuts.” During his annual “State of the University” address at the Lied Center for Performing Arts in Lincoln, Perlman said he expects the university to be asked to cut its budget next year — for the eighth time in the 11 years he has served as chancellor. “It is true that throughout this period, we have made significant progress,” Perlman said

Race to the Top promises new era of standardized testing (The Christian Science Monitor)

Published on September 3, 2010 By rohit

Put down your No. 2 pencils and get ready for the next generation of standardized tests, featuring fewer multiple choice questions and increased use of computers

Sector Snap: Corinthian results weigh on schools (AP)

Published on August 20, 2010 By rohit

NEW YORK – Shares of for-profit schools slid Friday after Corinthian Colleges Inc.